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At Disney, caring for our planet is at the core of who we are. From the characters and settings of our films, to our parks and wildlife, the beauty of nature has always inspired the many worlds of Disney. We believe that it is our responsibility to preserve this beauty for kids and families by using our resources wisely, and encouraging others to do the same. We recognize that curbing climate change requires more than governmental intervention, it requires action and leadership from corporations as well. At Disney we continue to find ways to reduce emissions and use alternative energies. We also use forest carbon projects to help us offset additional emissions. We've learned that...

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At Disney, caring for our planet is at the core of who we are. From the characters and settings of our films, to our parks and wildlife, the beauty of nature has always inspired the many worlds of Disney. We believe that it is our responsibility to...

Children in Arviat, Canada, won't be trick-or-treating outdoors this Halloween, because of a polar bear problem.
CBC News reports polar bears have been coming into the community more in years. Some experts say the increase in migration is due to...

Animal-rights group PETA wants to pay for advertising inside Orlando International Airport to attack SeaWorld's use of killer whales, but the airport won't clear it for takeoff.
The ad, depicting a killer whale chomping on the leg of SeaWorld's CEO,...

Jason Earles is taking on two more prominent roles on Disney television shows. The 34-year-old actor has moved from his supporting role as Hannah Montana's brother, Jackson Stewart, to play a mentor on his new Disney XD series, 'Kickin' It,' and co-host...

Disney Friends for Change Games, the successor to the 2007 and 2008 Disney Channel Games filmed in Orlando, will begin airing June 24. The games were taped in Los Angeles in March. Viewers can expect a format similar to the 2007 games with Friends for Change G

Being an actress, it’s only natural that much of what Miranda Richardson knew about sea turtles came from the movies. “From childhood, I still remember that horrific sequence from ‘Suddenly, Last Summer’ (1959) where the baby turtles are struggling down the be

It's a tough time to be a polar bear. Mike Campbell of the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska has a report on the shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Here's how it starts: The surface area of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank this winter to one of its lowest l

The Eiffel Tower has gone dark briefly to mark Earth Hour, the campaign to raise awareness about climate change. The five-minute dark-out on Saturday night was a symbolic gesture in the City of Light. Cities around the world also marked the event, with...

Earth Hour 2015 will happen at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, when landmarks, hotels, universities, buildings and individuals shut off their lights to raise awareness of climate change. It's an hour -- based on local time wherever you are -- meant to be a call to...

SAN FELIPE, Mexico Mexico is taking drastic measures to stave off possible extinction of the world's tiniest porpoise, but the doomsday clock keeps ticking on the marine mammal known as the vaquita. If the lights go out on the vaquita, it would mark...

With the death at San Diego Zoo Safari Park of a northern white rhino, the species is five rhinos away from extinction.
The death of Angalifu, a 44-year-old male northern white rhino, on Sunday leaves an elderly female at the park, three in a Kenyan...

The past four decades have not been very good ones for the world's animals.
Since 1970, the populations of vertebrate species have declined by more than 50 percent. For kids, that means there are half as many mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds and fish...

The World Wildlife Fund has released its latest Living Planet Index report, and it includes a rather startling statistic: "The number of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish across the globe is, on average, about half the size it was 40...

The world populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles fell overall by 52 percent between 1970 and 2010, far faster than previously thought, the World Wildlife Fund said on Tuesday.The conservation group's Living Planet Report, published...

At first glance, it may seem odd that "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush would executive produce a documentary about rhino poaching in Nepal. After all, the television personality is best known for reporting on celebrities. Also, he's admittedly...

With the thawing of winter in many parts of the world, animals and humans alike are starting to wake up and get outside. As avid wildlife watchers, members of VirtualTourist.com, a leading travel website, compiled a list of the "Top 10 Places to...

Lights blinked off in Chicago and around the world tonight to mark Earth Hour, an international effort to raise awareness about climate change. From 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time around the globe lights were turned off in landmarks, businesses and...